Civil Rights Movement

Which court cause over-turned Plessy v. Ferguson

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

• Marbury v. Madison

What was the Civil Rights Movement

• Civil lawyers voted to move the courts to cities

• African Americans fought against racial discrimination and segregation

• Whites fought to preserve segregation

• Hispanics voters fought for the right to vote

The Civil Rights Act of 1964:

• The law banned the use of civil lawyers in a court room

• Law that banned Civil Rights protests in Washington

• A play performed on Broadway about Martin Luther King Jr.

• This law banned discrimination against any American because of race/color/religion

In Brown V. BOE, what did the court rule about school segregation?

• That it was alright as long as the facilities were equal.

• That it was unconstitutional.

• That it was wrong, but you could still do it if you wanted.

• That it was perfectly fine.

How was the Montgomery Bus Boycott effective?

• It gave free transportation to African Americans
• It segregated buses in America
•  It made Rosa Parks lots of money
• It helped de-segregate buses in America

This law banned all literacy tests that kept many African Americans from voting. 

• Civil Rights Act
• Voting Rights Act
• Civil Rights Movement
• 24th Amendment

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In 1964, the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution was added, outlawing poll taxes. How did poll taxes discriminate against African Americans?

• They kept many African Americans from voting.
• They prevented African Americans from attending certain schools.
• They kept many African Americans from finding employment.
• They segregated African Americans on buses and in restaurants.

Which United States president called in federal troops to support African American students at Little Rock Central High School?

• John F. Kennedy
• Dwight Eisenhower 
• Lyndon Johnson
• Harry S. Truman  

The March on Washington was most famous because . . .

• it caused race riots in the nation's Capital
• 200,000 people worked together to help blacks get the right to vote
• the KKK became an illegal organization because of the march
• Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I have a Dream: speech, which inspired hundreds of thousands to help the Civil Rights Movement

On February 1, 1960, four black college students in Greensboro, N.C. tried to integrate the lunch counter at F.W. Woolworth; this type of protest spread across the south and became very effective    

• sit-in campaign
• Riots in Birmingham